The benchmark Colombo stock index ended up 0.93
percent, or 60.46 points, at 6,582.60, its highest close since
May 25.

"The market moved up on thin volumes, but the market is
looking better and better with the more stability coming into
the market," said Reshan Kurukulasuriya, chief operating officer
of Richard Pieris Securities (Pvt) Ltd.

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Investors hoped that the economic fundamentals would improve
after the central bank on July 28 surprised the markets with a
50-basis points raise in its main interest rates aimed at
curbing stubbornly high credit growth.